CBC Bird ID Workshop
Always a popular event, Compiler Bart Wickel and Emmett Iverson host the Bird ID workshop in preparation for our 51st annual Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count (CBC). Bart will share […]
Always a popular event, Compiler Bart Wickel and Emmett Iverson host the Bird ID workshop in preparation for our 51st annual Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count (CBC). Bart will share […]
On this trip we will visit Cache Creek Nature Preserve, a private/non-profit outdoor preserve that has gone through more than 25 years of habitat restoration work located just off the […]
The traditional Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count Compilation ‘potluck’ will be held online this year, via Zoom. Whether you were able to join the count or not, we invite to […]
Please come join us to try and find as many raptor species as possible. We will focus on Yolo County, but we may visit adjacent counties as well in our […]
For the last 17 years Altacal Audubon has hosted the northern saw-whet owl banding station at Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve. In the presentation, Ken Sobon will talk about the […]
Join us for a trip to the pastures of southeastern Solano County to search for resident and overwintering raptors & Mountain Plovers. We will search fields, perches and farm equipment. Prior trips have spotted Prairie Falcon, Merlin, […]
Cranes, geese, swans, ducks, shorebirds and of course … lots of sparrows. In the morning we will leisurely bird the trails through the riparian forest near the visitor center and […]
What are those flowers blooming along the road, in the rice fields, or out in the canals in the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area (YBWA)? Are they native plants, or introduced? […]
All-day trip limited to 12 participants – priority given to those with some birding experience but unfamiliar with common winter birds of the Pacific coast and/or with birding at Bodega […]
The pond at Northstar Park and the Julie Partansky Pond (North Area Drainage Basin) attract a variety of land birds as well as water birds year-round, especially after runoff from […]
Since it was launched by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in the early 2000’s, eBird has become an important tool for researchers. The data drawn from millions of eBird observations […]
This trip will focus on the ins and outs of the eBird app. Since its inception in 2002, eBird has become the largest citizen science project in the world. It […]